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Short Story Index Retrospective

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First stop for locating more than 150,000 short stories!

For the reader seeking short fiction by a favorite author, the teacher looking for the quintessential example of a particular genre, or the student researching the body of work of a literary figure, this is a one-of-a-kind tool. Short Story Index Retrospective brings your library valuable data you’ll find in few other single reference sources—bibliographic entries on more than 150,000 short stories published over 150 years—content from the acclaimed Short Story Index back to its beginning in 1915.

  • Cites short stories published from the 1830s to the 1980s

  • Sources include some 350 periodicals and collections of short stories

  • Search by author, title, keyword, source, date, and subject

  • Entries feature links to other works by the author and other stories in the source
    collection

In-depth subject indexing helps you find stories by :

  • Topics and themes (e.g. Fathers and daughters, Football, End of the world)

  • Locales where the story takes place, cities, states, regions, countries (e.g. India, Southern States, Rocky Mountains)

  • Genre (e.g. Dialect stories, Legends and folk tales, Science fiction)

  • People (Names of individuals, peoples, and professions that the stories are about, e.g. Leonardo da Vinci, Apache Indians, Dentists)

 

Detailed Bibliographic Information to Help You Locate Short Stories,
Plus WilsonWeb Tools to Get them Faster

  • Library holdings indicator, linked to your OPAC, lets users know if they'll find cited publications on your shelves.

  • WilsonLink Open-URL technology links to full text articles on any of your library’s reference databases that are OpenURL compliant.

 


Also available!
Short Story Index

Locate more than 96,000 stories, including the full text of more than 3,400 stories

  • Combine with Short Story Index Retrospective and search stories from the 1830s through the present day

  • Indexes short stories published in more than 4,200 collections and anthologies, plus stories that appear in periodicals!

  • Includes coverage of over 150 of the periodicals indexed by Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

  • Search by author, title, subject, keyword, date, literary technique, source, or any combination.

  • Retrospective coverage back to 1984.

  • Database grows by 4,000 records each year.

  • Up-to-date subject headings keep pace with contemporary topics of interest.

  • Free 30-day trials!

 

 

 

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